INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
Insights From "Church, Read The Book Of Acts, & Get Ready!" by Donnie Swaggart - Chapters 18 & 191/2/2021 CHAPTER 18
"THERE IS A RIVER" Ezekiel 47:1 "Ezekiel saw the glory of God leave the temple as Israel lost her way, but he also saw the coming day when the Spirit of God would return to the temple during the millennial reign of Jesus Christ." "Chapters 40 through 48 of Ezekiel deal with the temple of God that will be built in the coming kingdom age." "THE DOOR" "'The house' is the sanctuary, which serves as a type of God the Father, & 'the door' represents Christ, telling us that the only way to the Father is through the door, His Son, Jesus Christ." "THE WATERS" "...a symbolism of the Holy Spirit, of which water is a type, representing the life of the Holy Spirit - living water." John 7:37 - 39 "...water purifies, refreshes, & makes fruitful. As literal water is indispensable to us for physical life, so, too, is the river of the Spirit indispensable to our spiritual life." "If the river flows, then the sinner can be saved, the sick body healed, the broken heart mended, believers can be filled with the Holy Spirit, & the Word of God can literally come alive to the human heart." Jeremiah 2:13 "You can either drink & live in the waters of the sanctuary, or you can drink from the stagnant water that flows from the hearts of men who are no longer flowing in the Holy Spirit." "...the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 49 percent of Pentecostals do not speak in tongues. Unless the waters flow, our churches cannot truly address the need of the human heart." "THE THRESHOLD" "The threshold speaks of place & position. It speaks of the floor & denotes humility." "Pride is one of the major reasons people don't seek the infilling of the Holy Spirit." "THE ALTAR" "...denotes the course of the river, the altar of Jehovah, i.e., Calvary." "The course of this river is the Cross of Christ. The Holy Spirit comes through Calvary. Every grace & benefit we have comes to us through what Christ did at Calvary. I don't know what you desire, but I want that river to flow into my life, for everything the river touches shall live." CHAPTER 19 "SAUL WAS REFRESHED & WELL" I Samuel 16:14-23 "There are 2 spirits at work in the world & the church - the Holy Spirit & evil spirits. That which is biblical is always accompanied by the Holy Spirit, & that which is unscriptural is backed by evil spirits." "...Israel. When they followed the Lord, they had the help of the Holy Spirit. When they departed from the Lord's prescribed path, they were at the mercy of demon spirits that brought heartache & misery." II Samuel 1:19 "APOSTASY" "Apostasy in the church is never sudden; it is gradual." "...even God's anointed make mistakes & miss the will of God." "...heritage does not equal salvation or righteousness." "Ungodly leadership in the church always takes from the people & never gives anything back." "ISRAEL'S DEMANDS" I Samuel 8:5 "Israel's twofold sin was: 1. Self-will - they wanted their way & not God's way. 2. They wanted to be like the pagan nations that surrounded them." "Though the Lord was planning to give them a king (David), they didn't want to operate in God's time." "TO REJECT GOD" "To reject God's will & way is to reject God Himself." II Timothy 4:3 "So now, because of the people's desires, they would get what they demanded, & it would turn out to be bad." "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DEPARTED FROM SAUL" "1. Even though Saul was not God's choice, the Lord didn't just throw him aside..." "2. The Holy Spirit will not stay where He is not wanted." Matthew 5:6 "THE MODERN CHURCH" "...fewer people are being saved & baptized with the Holy Spirit than ever before. The Spirit of the Lord has departed - sad, but true." "AN EVIL SPIRIT" "...when one rejects the Holy Spirit, one is left with evil spirits." "Satan operates 2 ways against mankind: ...oppression, which manifests itself in depression, gloom & melancholy. Oppression operates against both the saved & the unsaved. The other way is possession. Demonic possession is not possible for a believer." "THE CURE FOR DEMONIC OPPRESSION" "The cure for this satanic attack is Jesus Christ & Him crucified (Rom. 6:1-14; 8:1-12, 11; I Cor. 1:17-18, 21, 23; 2:2; Gal. Chpt. 5; 6:14; Col. 2:14-15)." "DAVID TOOK A HARP, & PLAYED" "...though David was talented, it was not his talent that brought relief; it was the anointing of the Holy Spirit." "SAUL WAS REFRESHED, & WAS WELL" "Only the Holy Spirit brings rest, refreshing, & healing to the heart." "The answer for you & your turmoil is to be in a place where the Holy Spirit can move. Where is that place? It is anywhere. The location is not important. The Holy Spirit works strictly within the confines of Calvary & when you go to the Cross, you are allowing the Holy Spirit to work on your behalf." Church, Read The Book Of Acts, & Get Ready!, by Donnie Swaggart, pgs. 137 - 151.
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